Chapter 36: Opening a store

 

It's only been a month, Xiao Hongyan's belly is getting bigger, and she eats a lot, and she often complains of hunger.

Wang Licheng was afraid that she would be hungry at school, so he prepared a lot of snacks for her. He even made a batch of milk biscuits with milk powder, and put a box in her office. When he was hungry, he could eat a few bags at any time.

Although biscuits are not expensive things, they are not cheap things that people can eat every day. However, Xiao Hongyan not only eats biscuits, but also various snacks. Some teachers saw that her drawer was full of snacks.

Sometimes Liu Fengzhen would make soup for Chen Derong to send to Xiao Hongyan.

Most of the teachers in primary schools are female teachers. Whoever has never been married and had children would let pregnant women eat like this. Now that the conditions are good, I can eat enough food every day. When I was pregnant when the conditions were not good, I not only had to work, but I couldn’t even get enough to eat.

Xiao Hongyan just got married and her husband was laid off. Pucheng is not big, many people know about this, and they say that Xiao Hongyan's life is not good.

Looking at Xiao Hongyan's life now, they were slapped in the face. Who has had a better life than her.

Wang Licheng was afraid that she would fall and bump into her when she was walking. The first time she picked him up, she hugged her shoulders, but she was rejected. The second time she hugged her waist, she was also rejected. Later, it was changed to holding small hands, and it was necessary to leave the school 100 meters away to hold hands.

Think about the future university, where you can see kissing couples on the roadside of any campus. It can be seen from time to time that girls boldly sit on boys laps in kiosks or roadside chairs. They are legal husband and wife, holding hands for fear of being seen.

"Hongyan, let's have an ultrasound this week to see how the child is doing." Wang Licheng took her hand and secretly supported her waist.

He doesn't know when it's appropriate to do a maternity check, and he doesn't know what checks should be done for pregnancy. He only knew that pregnant women need to do B-ultrasound, and the B-ultrasound can see the shape of the child, and if it is older, he can also see whether the child is healthy.

"Okay, I distributed some snacks for the teachers in the office today, and they all said the biscuits were delicious." The biscuits have a milky flavor and are not very sweet. They are really delicious. She eats several bags every day.

"Is it delicious if I make it myself?" He also just tried adding milk powder to the biscuits, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good. However, because of the added milk powder, the cost is very high.

He has also been looking for alternatives to milk powder, such as creamer, to reduce costs, but he has never found it. Plans to produce milk biscuits have been put on hold for now.

"Yes, yes, everything you make is delicious."

The next day, Wang Licheng sent Xiao Hongyan to school and then took a car to Jiangcheng. Today, Luo Zhongyong accompanied him to see the facade.

The Jiangcheng Wholesale Market is still a private facade, with shops downstairs and people living upstairs.

After looking around, the price of the facade is really as high as Luo Zhongyong said. Facades with inconspicuous locations start at 200 Yuan a month, with a minimum rent of one year and a one-time payment.

They first saw a facade in a good location. The door was closed, so they couldn't see inside. It didn't look like much from the outside, but it was in a good location, just around the corner from the entrance. After knocking on the door for a long time, the merchant next door said that their family went to visit relatives, and they didn't know when they would return.

It was also because they were lucky. When they turned back and prepared to leave the next time they came back, the door of the facade they were looking at was open.

This time they were able to see the whole view of the facade. The inside was very shallow, and it was estimated that it was less than four meters deep, and with the width of almost three meters, it was not even 12 square meters.

It is indeed a bit small. Wang Licheng's previous thought that the facade should not be too big means that it does not need to be too wide, and the depth still needs to be there. They do wholesale, and they are too small to store many goods.

Both of them were a little disappointed, and the man who seemed to be the landlord came to talk to them. The two expressed that they wanted to rent the facade, but they felt that the facade was too small.

"My location is good. If it was big, it would have been rented out long ago. It wouldn't be vacant at all, and it wouldn't be your turn."

Wang Licheng thought about it, and this is true. The two asked for the landlord's phone number and left.

They found a place to eat and chatted while eating.

"Zhongyong, what do you think of that facade?" He thought about it again and thought it was okay. The location of this facade is really good. Renting this facade and making a big signboard is just advertising his products.

Moreover, he is not a general distributor now, but a manufacturer. No matter how big the storefront is, it may not be able to hold the goods.

"Don't you have an idea?" He felt that he could rent it, and from Wang Licheng's expression, he knew he wanted to rent it too.

"Let's go, let's rent the facade." They just asked the price, 200 Yuan a month, and the rent is paid once a year.

Let's rent the front door first.

After returning to Pucheng, Wang Licheng began to draw the store's planning drawings and signboard drawings. He was going to invite someone to look at the shop. Wholesale and retail in small batches, direct sales in the store, contact him by phone for large quantities, and he talks in person.

Ask the clerk to keep a clear record of every transaction. They don't have many types of products, and they are not afraid of him being greedy for ink.

After Wang Licheng accompanied Xiao Hongyan to the hospital on the weekend, he went to Jiangcheng again. He contacted Luo Zhongyong and asked him to help recruit a shopkeeper. The salary of 200 Yuan a month was considered high in Pucheng, but also not low in Jiangcheng.

He plans to make a new sign for the store, and write "Xinglong Biscuit Candy Shop", the word Xinglong should be larger, and the color pictures of the biscuits and candies are drawn correspondingly below the biscuits and candies. The phone number of Xinglong Food Factory is written in the lower right corner.

The factory has not yet installed a telephone, and the sign on the sign is the telephone number of the Pucheng non-staple food store. Wang Licheng saw that the stores on this side of the wholesale market had telephones. He was a little short of funds now and wanted to talk slowly.

He plans to go to the flea market to buy two of the cabinets in the store, repaint them, and they are new again.

After finishing the facade of Jiangcheng, the factory in Pucheng was still waiting for him.

Because Wang Licheng ran between Jiangcheng and Pucheng, Xiao Hongyan felt that she was left out.

When I was just pregnant, I used to pick up and drop off every day, asking for warmth. At that time, my stomach was not big, and I would ask her if she was lucky or not at work every day. Now she is almost five months old, and she comes home from get off work every day with a big belly.

She would rather that Wang Licheng was not so good to her before, but now she feels that the gap is too great, she is a little uncomfortable and in a bad mood.

She knew what Wang Licheng was busy with, and also knew that she should not be petty. Don't make trouble for him; let him do things with peace of mind.

But she just couldn't control her thoughts. She went to the toilet that day and heard a colleague talking about her.

"What do you think of Mr. Xiao's husband? He picks him up every day when his stomach is not big. It's been five months now. I saw Mr. Xiao go back alone yesterday.

"Who is unhappy and excited, and treats pregnant women as treasures. After a long time, they will return to their original shape, what they were before and what they are now."

"It seems to be what you said."

"Of course, my mother-in-law knows me. On the day I was pregnant, I stewed a chicken, and then I cooked it, and it was the day I gave birth to my son. This is the case with my in-laws; you will know when you are pregnant."

What! My mother-in-law cooks chicken for her every week. Wang Licheng, just because he was busy, he would definitely come to pick her up if he was not busy.

Wang Licheng put all the money into the factory and the store in Jiangcheng. Fortunately, he did not move the working capital of the non-staple food store.

He had told Xiao Hongyan that she was pregnant now and should rest more, instead of going to the store every day, she didn't listen.

He also has no time to take care of the non-staple food shop. There are too many things to do every day, and he always feels that there is not enough time.

Xiao Hongyan has been five months old, and Wang Licheng will lower her head and listen to the movement in her stomach at night, and sometimes whisper to her child for a while.

He would hug Xiao Hongyan every night, ask her what she did that day, and tell Xiao Hongyan what he did today, and then put his hand on her stomach to fall asleep.

In a few days, Luo Zhongyong invited someone to help him and let him have a look. An eighteen-year-old boy, I heard that he was a relative from Mother Luo's hometown.

Wang Licheng didn't mind Luo Zhongyong introducing him to relatives; he knew that Luo Zhongyong was also doing this for his good. Those who open a store this year will not only let an outsider look at the store. Specially money matters must be managed by oneself, outsiders always feel unreliable, not to mention others are not in Jiangcheng.

"You can do it if you think it's okay, I can trust you."

After Luo Zhongyong agreed to help Wang Licheng hire people, he was looking for people to look at the store every day. He also told Mother Luo about this. And the salary of 200 Yuan a month is not low in Jiangcheng.

"Then you have to come and meet too! You still gave me that store."

The key to the store, Wang Licheng, gave Luo Zhongyong a pair. Others are in Jiangcheng, so you can help him look after anything.

As the signboard was done the day before yesterday, Luo Zhongyong helped him install it.

After making an appointment, Wang Licheng got a van, and this time he was going to transport all the goods in the warehouse.

Today is the day I made an appointment with Luo Zhongyong to go to Jiangcheng. Since yesterday, it has been raining in Pucheng, and there are muddy roads in Liuchang. After the rain, every step I take is sinking into the ground. After moving for two hours, it was noon when we arrived in Jiangcheng.

A few people simply ate lunch and began to organize the goods. Wang Licheng made a list of the retail price and wholesale price of each product and gave it directly to Xiao Li, Luo Zhongyong's relative.

Wang Licheng even had the inventory table ready. Xiao Li checked the inventory every day, and he came over to check the account once a week.

He also specially made some business cards, and sent business cards in large quantities to let the other party contact him by phone. There are also posters for the prefecture-level general distribution.

He also focused on explaining that Xiao Li prepares a cookie and candy to try every day. If he encounters a large wholesaler, he can bring them back to try.

I've explained everything in the store and I'm just waiting for the opening tomorrow.

Wang Licheng still has important things to tell Luo Zhongyong today. He wants to give Luo Zhongyong a ten percent stake in Xinglong Food Factory.

"Brother Wang, what are you doing?" He didn't invest any money, so he couldn't justify giving him shares in vain.

"Zhongyong, your sister-in-law's month is getting older and older. I want to spend more time with her. I can't care about the business in the store. You should help me and look at the store in Jiangcheng."

He owned the food factory. His hopes were all in the store in Jiangcheng, and he had put all his hopes on a young man who was only 18 years old. He couldn't do it.

"I'll come and have a look at the store when I have time. Don't mention the issue of shares." He had already thought about it and had time to come and have a look. He wanted to know if this business model would work.

The conventional sales model is to bring products to door-to-door sales. He has never seen any factory use this inactive sales model.

"You and Uncle Luo have helped me a lot, and I have nothing to repay. If you insist not to, do you think you are not interested in my small factory?" In the end, Luo Zhongyong still won the ten percent of the shares.

In any case, Wang Licheng will give Luo Zhongyong this share, and his own affairs are definitely different from others.

Because the store opened the next day, Wang Licheng did not return to Pucheng, and Xiao Hongyan slept with the light on all night.

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